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So nice to have the kids help today in our Sunday service! They so enjoy participating in church and we all love them! Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 10/16/2025 Pastor Jeannine lugged a heavy backpack across the sanctuary. She had been hiking and the weight of her backpack was exhausting. She asked the kids if they often went hiking with a heavy backpack with too much stuff to carry. She opened the backpack and showed she had a stuffed animal, a Bible, iPad cover and many other items. She decided she needed the Bible and some of the important things but that she had really overpacked. She made the backpack much lighter. We need to carry what’s in our heart and what is important to us and not all of the stuff. Our scripture was read by Charlotte Tones, from John 2: 1-11. The scripture is about Jesus‘s first miracle when he turned water into wine at a wedding after the participants ran out of wine. Mary had faith to ask Jesus to do this. Do you have faith to ask Jesus, and put your needs into Jesus‘s hands? Pastor Jeannine also suggested when we speak to others to use the word "and" instead of the word "but". For example, I love Jesus and want to share it with others. While speaking to others the word "but" can be deflating. Don’t forget to return your pledge for next year to church. Stewardship month is an important time for church leaders to plan for the next year. We have several in our congregation who are healing and in the need of prayer. Don’t forget to send out cards and check on those that are currently homebound.
Shirl Burnham set up a lovely photo display on the altar, thanking our farms and our farmers for all they do in this rural community. Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 10/09/2025 Pastor Jeannine started out the service talking to the kids. She asked the kids how many of them had an alarm clock. Sometimes this is to wake us up to go to school or even to church on Sunday. Jesus always calls us to wake up and follow him, and listen to his teachings! Pastor Jeannine spoke to the adults about being a neighbor. This was based on the scripture of Luke 16: 19-31. The rich man in the scripture lived behind a wall of indifference. He was not mean to Lazarus, but just ignored him. Lazarus was poor, and he had many sores on his body. When he died, he was comforted in heaven. The rich man was self absorbed in life- he did not care for his neighborly brother who was in need. Pastor Jeannine and her husband Phil have a shared driveway with their neighbor. Fortunately they have a wonderful neighbor and handle the driveway situation without any issue. Pastor went on to share with us that anyone can be our neighbor, they don’t have to live next to us. Anyone we can encounter is a neighbor whom we can help. People need to know that someone cares and we can be giving to share the love of Christ. One of our missions is through the Adopt-a-Highway program is to pick up litter on a two mile section of 54-A near our church twice a year. Our next opportunity will be on Wednesday October 8, at 10 AM. Please join us at church and make our mission an easy one! It usually takes about an hour to accomplish our goal! Happy fall!!! Where did summer go? The leaves are turning and showing us the beauty of the season.
Thanks to Leah, Blanche and Helen for tasty treats after church. Our congregation has some magnificent bakers! Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 10/02/2025 We are into stewardship month. It is important to look at what we will continue due for our church this coming year, not only financially, but in terms of time, talent and gifts. Many of us help with nursery or teach Sunday school. Others share their musical talents in our choir, some help with gardening or cleaning the roadside. Others support our missions such as Yates County Christmas. Many participate as scripture readers, greeters, or ushers. How will you support our church this next year? Phil Pearce shared with us a graph of how our monies are used within our church and community. Pastor Jeannine asked the children about honesty. If your mother gave you cookies for the neighbors but promised you cookies for yourself if you finish lunch, would you eat a cookie on the way to your neighbors home? If you were shopping for grandma, do you keep the change for a toy? One little girl said she would because her grandmother would want her to have a toy. If you find a lost wallet, would you keep the money or turn it in to authority? Lots of things for the children to think about. Our scripture today was Luke 16: 1-13. Pastor Jeannine relayed to us sharing that God is the owner of all we have. We are the stewards of our assets. We are told to circulate money and not hoard it. God‘s gifts are a trust. Stewardship makes us look at how we live as Christians-no servant can serve two masters. We can not serve God and also serve our money. We need to personally take stock of who we love and who we serve. We will be baptizing children, and adults later in October. Please let Pastor Jeannine know if you are interested in being baptized into the church. We are so happy for our congregation and new visitors that have been joining us the past few months. We certainly have had some recent trying times and welcome all those who wish to join us to worship together for prayer, and sharing. 9am Sundays!
Bluff Point UMC
Outreach Missions
United Methodists have believed, from the beginning, that each of us is called to participate in the outreaching ministry of Jesus Christ. John Wesley described this work in simple, practical terms: "Do all
the good you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can."
We, at Bluff Point UMC, are on a journey to share the message of Jesus through our actions. Below is a current list of the mission related activities supported by our church family. Feel free to investigate each ministry, pray about your involvement and contact us.
Local Missions
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
- Backpack Ministry
- Keuka Food Pantry Ministry
- Adopt-A-Highway
- The Living Well Mission
- Grandma’s Kitchen
- College Student Ministry
- CROP Walk
Advent Season Missions
- Thanksgiving Baskets
- Mitten Tree Collection
- Angel Tree Mission
- Yates Christmas Program
National Missions
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
- Operation Christmas Child – Shoebox Ministry
- Blanket Sunday
- Haiti Dress and Shorts mission
